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reflection

What were the biggest things you learnt while completing this task?	Driving tiered is a bigger issue than I thought and an interesting fact I learned is that being awake for 17 hours is the same as having a blood-alcohol level of 0.05
What one piece of advice would you pass on to young drivers above all else? Why?	Always make sure you have a good night’s sleep before driving and if you go on a road trip switch drivers often. I would give them this info because 1 it is important and 2 because younger drivers are more likely to go on a road trip and less likely to think about switching drivers so they should know this info
Write down a pledge that you will commit to when you start driving. Why did you pick these things to commit to? How will you stick to these commitments?	I will only drive when I have had a good sleep and if I am tied I will call a ride.

In term 4 of year 9, I worked with holly and Ashleigh to build an earthquake-proof tower. We were supplied with spaghetti and blue tack to build our tower. The aim was to build a tower that could withstand an earthquake. The building had to meet the following criteria;

• the tower had to be quick and easy to assemble
• must have a minimum height of 60cm
• have a maximum base of 30cm x 30cm
• remains standing after an earthquake
• is constructed from the materials supplied by your teacher
• costs less than 60$ to build given that 10cm of spaghetti costs $1 and 1 gram of blue tack costs $1

Our first tower was going well and was quite stable and didn’t collapse when we tried shaking it but it didn’t meet the high limit so we added an extra piece of spaghetti to the top of it to make it reach the height but as soon as we added that extra piece it was slightly too heavy and the building collapsed. For our second tower, we changed the base of it to be a square to see if that would make it more stable and made the base as wide as we could, and yet again it didn’t quite meet the Hight limit so we added an extra piece of spaghetti on top and because it was more stable and strong it stayed up with the extra piece and when it came to the shake test to see if it was earthquake resistance it stayed standing but was very flimsy. Our third design we tried to make it more stable and less flexible so we made the base smaller so that the spaghetti that went from the corners of the base into the middle to connect would be taller because they would be on less of an angle. that helped make the building taller but it still didn’t reach the Hight limit so we added an extra piece of spaghetti to the top and it seemed strong and stable but when we did the shake test it collapsed. overall our best design was our second even though it was flimsy it didn’t collapse and with the extra piece of pasta, it did reach the Hight limit so it followed all of the requirements.

For the project, we all had jobs to keep. I was the project manager so I made sure we were all on track and to get everything done as efficiently as possible. I was also the speaker so I asked the teacher all of the questions we had. Holly was the equipment manager so she collected all of the equipment for our project. Ashleigh was the designer so she drew all of the designs and helped build, holly collected the materials and helped hold pieces while Ashleigh and I were blue tacking them together and I cut pieces of spaghetti and build the building.

I demonstrated collaboration by working in a team. my teammates were Ashleigh and holly and we worked together for the project and together we make a tower that met all the requirements for the project.

I demonstrated effective communication by explaining my ideas to my teammates. I explained how my design would look so Ashleigh could draw it and I explain why I think it would work and asked Ashleigh and holly what they thought about it.

I demonstrated problem-solving by creating new ideas when our first one didn’t work and what we could do better next time. for example for our third design, it wasn’t tall enough so I said we could create another pyramid and put it on top and add some supports to help hold it up and reach the height limit. this worked but when it came to the shake test it didn’t stay standing.

Australia’s, legal system aims to achieve justice for every person in every case, in most cases they achieve justice but there are some cases they are unable to do so. In Australia’s legal system, they use a set of principles such as innocent until proven guilty and equal treatment before the law so that we can ensure that justice is achieved. In Lloyd Rayne’s case, these were not achieved. On the other hand, the independence of courts was achieved. Concluding with the case being dismissed in 2013.

Lloyd Rayney’s wife was killed on the 7^th of August 2007. Her body was found on the 15^th of august buried in king’s park. Her body was buried diagonally with the dead down which accelerated the decomposing around the neck which masked the cause of death. At the crime scene, about 200m from where the body was found they found a name tag from celebrity heads, and on one side of it said the queen and on the other side, it said Lloyd Rayney.

Firstly, equal treatment before the law, states that irrespective of their gender, race, sexuality, identity, or ability have the right to have legal representation in court. This is important as it gives everyone a fair chance to be proven innocent at their trial. Equal treatment before the law was not supported in Lloyd Rayney’s case because the detective of the case said that Lloyd Rayney was the “prime and only suspect of the case”. Which was not equal treatment because what the detective said went all over the media which ruined his reputation. Lloyd Rayney was refused the right to an appeal which was not fair because everyone has the right to have an appeal, but Lloyd Rayney was not allowed to have an appeal which was not fair.  Meaning that no matter who was on the jury he would not be able to get a fair trial as this creates bias.

Secondly Innocent until proven guilty states that until there is enough evidence to prove that you are guilty then you are innocent. Innocent until proven guilty is important because if you were guilty until proven innocent then a lot of people would be put into jail because they were falsely accused as guilty. Innocent until proven guilty was not supported in Lloyd Rayney case because before Lloyd Rayney had his trial, he was considered guilty because of the detective of the case saying that he was “the prime and only suspect” as well as the fact that his marriage was falling apart, and his wife threatened to ruin his career which gave him motive. Which made people believe that he was guilty. As well as the media saying things such as “Lloyd Rayney is the prime and only suspect” which influenced people that he was guilty because everyone believes the media. Because of this Lloyd Rayney only had a judge at his trial because a judge must be nonbiased.  Once he had his case, he was proven innocent because there was not enough evidence to link him to killing his wife.

Thirdly Independence of the courts is the courts being separate from parliament, government, and the media. Independence of courts is important because it will help less people get falsely accused. This was supported in Lloyd Rayney’s case. In Lloyd Rayney’s case, he was meant to have a judge and a jury however because of the media which was influencing everyone that Lloyd Rayney was guilty which ruined his reputation, they could not get a jury that was not biased against Lloyd Rayney. To make the trial fair they only had a judge so it could be a fair trial without a biased jury.

In Australia, our legal system aims to achieve justice for every person in every case, and most of the time they achieve this but there are some where they are unable to. In Lloyd Rayney’s case, he had equal treatment before the law and innocent until proven guilty which were not supported, and independence of courts which were supported. In this case, it did not follow the principles of justice fully because equal treatment and innocent until proven guilty were not supported even though the independence of courts was supported. Our legal system aims very hard to achieve all the principles of justice for all but does not always achieve.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge for knowledge is limited to all we know and understand while imagination embraces the entire world ” -Albert Einstein

Hi my name is Annabelle and I am a year 8 student at All Saints’ College. That quote above is my  favorite because it says that knowledge is limited but imagination is endless which describes me perfectly. I am very creative. I love to express my creativity through painting, singing and many other things.

At school I am involved in many co-curriculars I am in drama hub, circus club, badminton club, choir, publications committee, Leo club and I am in the school production. Doing drama, circus and badminton helps me learn new skills. Publications and Leo help me contribute to the college. The production and choir helps me to build up confidence by performing in front of peaple.

This unit was about learning to be respectful online. we had a booklet to fill out to show our learning and we watched videos to show us how we should act or what we should do in a certain situation.

At the beginning of the unit I used Pinterest, google, text, face time and wats app. I still use them but I am careful what I say to other people.

I learnt about empathy it is about listening to a person and to make then feel better even if you don’t say anything rather than saying at least because that doesn’t help. I also learnt to be careful about what I say online. I also learnt that a picture with colours changed or a frame after can change your perspective on the picture like in the booklet with the motorbike picture the colours were changed and that made me think about it totally differently.

What I learnt effected my online behaviour because it made me more careful about what I say and what I say and helped me know how to make someone feel better by not saying anything at all.

I do know plan to change my online behaviour in the future because I think that it is good I am being safe by not have many social media and not doing anything silly on it.

My future goal it when I get more social media to have a private account and only friend people that I actually know.

On the 4th of September, I sang with our choir at RAFF. it was a ceremony about the people who fought in the war. when we were there we sang Australian songs to the people at RAFFA. the songs we sang were the national anthem, home among the gum trees, I am Australian, you are my sunshine, I know I will never find another you and waltzing matilda. after we sang we had morning tea and talked to the residents at RAFFA.